The package of measures, which includes the direct support of the Municipality of Malevisio in the amount of 400 thousand euros and the immediate payment of compensation to the victims through state assistance, was announced by a government train from Heraklion, which has been in Crete since early morning by order of the Prime Minister. after widespread turmoil and great destruction caused by a deadly storm.

Deputy Interior Minister Stelios Petsas, who offered condolences for the deaths of the two victims, said the government would do everything possible to support the victims “to return to their daily lives.”

“We will begin repairing the damage immediately. They have already begun to be fixed at the levels of the region, and the Ministry of Infrastructure, through DAEFK, will assist the services of the region in order to achieve a speedy recovery,” Mr. Petsas said, explaining that the Ministry of Internal Affairs will immediately allocate 400,000. euro to the Municipality of Malevizi “in order to proceed with the cleanup and all necessary interventions so that the city and the affected communities can function”, specifying that damage registration will continue immediately to ensure that advance payments are issued to those businesses that have been affected by natural disasters .

The Deputy Home Secretary said the state is “following the citizens in dealing with natural disasters,” adding that “we are facing climate change that is escalating into a climate crisis,” and that good planning and good cooperation between citizens and government is required, ” so that we have the results they need.”

For his part, the prime minister’s deputy minister responsible for public aid and disaster recovery, Christos Triandopoulos, said in statements that compensation would be provided in a “direct and fair manner.”

“From the first minutes, in cooperation with the region and municipalities, the implementation of the support and rehabilitation plan began. These are the first autopsies and recordings being done at the moment,” said Mr. Triandopoulos, who indicated that business support will be provided through government assistance, which has also been done in other affected areas, households. will be supported through the Department of the Interior’s home equipment support scheme, while he added that DAEFK will help in recording damage to buildings, as will ELGA for damage to farmers in terms of their equipment.

“The mechanism was mobilized from the very beginning,” said Mr. Triandopoulos, who focused on a goal that he says is nothing less than “getting across to citizens as fairly and immediately as possible, compensation, state support to beneficiaries “.

The Deputy Minister next to the Prime Minister, in charge of public assistance and disaster rehabilitation, referred to both the records of the municipality’s disaster registration committees and the district’s disaster registration committees, explaining that “there is no need to complete the project. committees to provide support”, explaining that those who gather will be able to move forward to keep the process going.

“The process of defining the boundaries of a natural disaster must proceed as quickly and as a matter of priority,” Mr. Triandopoulos said, calling it the foundation upon which “all other support and recovery actions are built.”

Deputy Minister of Sports Lefteris Avgenakis referred to the need for constant communication and cooperation between municipal and regional services with the relevant ministries, expressing the priority, which is nothing less than “quick registration of damages so that compensation can be made quickly.”

The mayor of Maleviziu resolutely asked for support from the state, specifying that “the time has come to understand that Maleviziu is in great need of protection from floods”, adding that other major disasters have occurred in the area over the past two years due to bad weather.

The meeting, held in the municipality of Malevizio, was attended by Deputy Minister of the Interior Stelios Petsas, Deputy Prime Minister responsible for state aid and disaster rehabilitation Christos Trianthopoulos and Deputy Minister of Sports Lefteris Avgenakis, as well as the Secretary General of Civil Protection Vassilis Papageorgiou, Secretary General of Rural Development and Food, Christianas Kalogirou; Secretary General of Spatial Planning and Urban Environment Efthymios Bakoyannis; and Secretary General of Infrastructure, Maria Ellis Gherardi. The meeting was attended by the Regional Governor of Crete, the PED President, the Mayor and members of the Municipal Council, deputies, local authorities, as well as the OASP President and Disaster Management Professor Efthymios Lekkas, who has been in the area since Saturday evening.

Previously, a government echelon visited affected areas such as Agia Pelagia, Lygaria and Paleokastro, where work is underway to retrieve cars from the sea that have been swept away by the rushing waters as they move towards Sitia, where they have been documented with widespread problems and distress related to the natural disaster.

Source: RES